ll)ovh8birc flatiiraliets' Itlnion. 



Iboiu Sec. /IDKOloaical Comiiiittee : 



CHARLES CROSSLAND, F.L.S., 4, Coleridge Street, Halifax. 



THE 169th meeting 



WII.I. BK HKI.D AT 



EGTON BRIDGE, 



FOR A 



FUNGUS FORAY 



In ARNECLIFFE WOODS and other portions of Eskdale, 



Sat.toThursd.,27thSep.to2ndOct.,1902. 



RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— The usual arrangements are made 

 for through return tickets to EGTON Station ; those taken on Friday, Saturday, 

 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, being available for return any day. 



BOOKS AND MAPS.— All the country to be investigated lies within 

 Sheet 96 N.E. of the Old Series or 43 of the New Series of the One-Inch Ordnance 

 Map, which may he obtained geologically coloured. 



PERMISSION has been kindly granted by Messrs. John Foster, J. P., and 

 A, B. Foster, J- P., the owners of the Egton Estate, for the investigations, contin- 

 gent upon the Agent, Mr. Wilson, and the Head- Keeper, being consulted. 



HEADQUARTERS will be at Mrs. Barker's, Esk Villa, Egton Bridge, 

 via Grosmont, K.S.O. Terms — 6'- per day, including breakfast, dinner, bed, and 

 attendance The accommodation is very much in demand, and those intend- 

 ing being present must communicate with Mrs. Barker immediately. The 



house being not far off the station luggage can be easily taken across. 



ROUTES. — The Mycologists present will arrange their own routes and 

 investigations from day to day, and will leave at headquarters or at Egton Station 

 information as to their whereabouts for the benefit of members coming over to join 

 them on any particular day. Dinner will be provided each day at Mr. Barker's, at 5 

 p.m., after which the critical species of fungi of each day's collecting will l^e examined. 



EVENING MEETINGS.— 



On Monday, Sept. 29th, at 7-30 p.m., Mr. George Massee, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., 

 will speak on "A Modern Method of Studying Agarics." 



On Tuesday, Sept. 30th, at 7-30 p.m.,. Mr. J. H. Holland, F.L.S. (Assistant 

 at the Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), will speak on "The 

 Economic Uses of Fungi " ; and at 8-30 p.m., Mr. Alfred Clarke will speak 

 on "The Uses of Photography in the Study of Fungi." 



On Wednesday, Oct. ist, at 7-30 p.m., the meeting of the Mycological Com- 

 mittee will be held, for transaction of business, reports, place of next year's 

 foray, nomination of office-bearers, votes of thanks, etc. 



CONSIGNMENTS OF FUNGI may be sent from any part of York- 

 shire, or from Lincolnshire, addressed to Mr. Crossland, c/o Mrs. Barker, Esk Villa, 

 Egton Bridge, via Grosmont, R.S.O., Yorkshire, if l^y post, if by rail to Egton 

 Station, and advised by post card. These should be carefully packed with grass or 

 moss (not paper) in small hampers or boxes. 



